Key Worker

St John's Marlborough, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 4AX

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  8 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  22 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,826.57 - £26,059.87 Annually (Actual)

Key Worker job summary

Key Worker

Scale: 11-14

Salary: Actual £24,826.57 - £26,059.87 (FTE £28,142 - £29,540)

Start Date: September 2026

Hours: 37 hours per week

(Monday to Thursday-8:00am to 4:00pm, Friday-8.00am to 3.30pm)

Working weeks: 40 wks per year Paid weeks: 46 wks per year

Vacancies: 2

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, articulate and personable Key Worker to join our exceptionally supportive and passionate pastoral team.

This is a permanent position in term time but does require working staff development days plus an additional week.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day management of pastoral care and student welfare. It will involve working alongside key members of Senior Staff, Heads of Year, Tutors and other Key Workers on pastoral matters.

You must be able to communicate effectively with students and staff, be flexible and willing to adjust to changes. You will need to demonstrate emotional resilience and energy required to balance administration workload and the pastoral commitment.

St John's Marlborough is one of the highest performing academies in the country and a key member of the highly effective Excalibur Academies Trust. Being part of the Excalibur Academies Trust means we offer a very well thought through package of support and development, which includes a wide variety of opportunities. Our professional development offer ensures a very clear focus on the development and well-being of all our staff and students.

The Academy is judged as Outstanding in all areas, and it has exceptional facilities in a state-of-the-art teaching environment. We believe this is a great opportunity to join a thriving and forward-thinking school.

Closing date for applications: Monday 8th June 2026, 9am*

Date of interview: w/c 8th June 2026

Excalibur Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer and *reserves the right to appoint prior to the closing date. The Trust is proud to serve a diverse student and parent community. The aims of the Trust's recruitment policy are to ensure that the best possible staff are recruited on the basis of their merits, abilities and suitability for the position; to ensure that all job applicants are considered equally and consistently; to ensure that no job applicant is treated unfairly on any grounds including race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, disability or age; and to ensure that the School meets its commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people by carrying out all necessary pre-employment checks

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About St John's Marlborough

• School type: Academies, None, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1712 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St John's Marlborough website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-john-s-marlborough-marlborough

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